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Word: swelled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...aesthetes and fishies at the Signet. After a brief intermission, FM reconvened for cocktails and some "Cheeseburger in Paradise," which, fyi, doubles as a restaurant in Maui. But even with the maestro in attendance, there were a couple of things missing. Considering the available options, we needed to swell our ranks and hit the town...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: fmdial | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

...foresaw how phenomenally successful this formula would be when it hit the small screens. Viewers in the '50s had not had time to become media savvy; at the start of the decade, less than 10% of U.S. households had a TV set, a figure that would swell to nearly 90% by 1960. Watching television, except in a few large cities, essentially meant choosing among the offerings of the three networks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Those Old Good Games | 1/17/2000 | See Source »

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